May 2, 2019
…speaks to diversification on campus. How have you seen these changes unfold during your time here? I am very proud of the increased diversity on the campus in the last few years, as the face of leadership has changed. Over the last five years, with the leadership of Chancellor Khosla,…
February 14, 2013
…in labs across the campus. “This has been one of our most successful programs because it gives undergrads an early taste of research as a full-time profession,” said Ramesh Rao, director of the UCSD Division of Calit2. “Many of our previous Calit2 Scholars have gone on to graduate school, or…
March 14, 2024
Hungarian-American biochemist and researcher Katalin Karikó has been selected by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego as the recipient of the 2023 Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest.
April 11, 2019
…buried sites to virtual life. Using backpacks full of custom hardware in the field and cutting-edge virtual reality (VR) technology back on campus, these student adventurers are helping archaeologists visualize and preserve their complex excavations. Part of the Engineers for Exploration (E4E) group, the students are guided by Computer Science…
August 21, 2017
…the Sun God on campus. Photo: Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Communications They are professional astronomers who travel the globe to study distant galaxies, Earth-like planets around other solar systems and the primordial radiation left over from the “Big Bang,” the explosive beginning of the universe. But like the rest of…
August 21, 2014
…as part of the campus’s outreach efforts to encourage K-12 students to pursue careers in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) fields. The elementary and middle school students were from the Elementary Institute of Science (EIS), a San Diego-based science enrichment program that nurtures students’ intellectual curiosity by providing hands-on…
May 21, 2015
…public policy experts on campus as well, so that together we can work on sustainable power and energy from different angles.” Jacobs School Agile Research Centers Sustainable Power and Energy Center website Sustainable Power and Energy Center brochure Center for Visual Computing website Center for Visual Computing brochure Center for…
April 8, 2013
Advances in tattoo sensors for health monitoring, on-chip optical networking, low-cost cancer diagnostics, video games designed to teach computer programming, new materials for protecting soldiers from blasts, and energy-efficient high-wire robots. These are just a few of the 200+ projects from Jacobs School of Engineering graduate students that will be…
November 5, 2020
…our vision come to life and knowing we were providing her with a safe and supportive environment during a difficult time. “We have guests who come from several miles or several states away. Many tell us that our housing was a key part of being able to access care at…
May 21, 2020
…collaboration with groups across campus, including the Center for Human Frontiers at the Qualcomm Institute and the Departments of Anesthesiology and Psychiatry, to launch the Psychedelics and Health Research Initiative (PHRI). Its mission is to study the potential of psilocybin and other related compounds to promote healing and help manage…
